What Genre Is It? Sci-Fi Adventure For being a 1960s Sci-Fi Adventure film, this classic has stood the test of time. While it is not the most accurate depiction of this literature story, the changes give this film version a more hopeful tone than that of the original novella by H.G. Wells. Also, the special effects were well done for a film from this time. Why Watch The Time Machine? Rod Taylor stars as scientist George Wells. George dreams of conquering the laws of physics and traveling through time. He invites his scientific friends over for dinner during the year 1899 to discuss the possibility of traveling through the fourth…